Recent content by ajdesq

OK, OK, it looks like 'high expectations' are part of the problem. Indeed I will need to switch lenses if I want quality wide shots. It's just that I do a lot of stuff for magazine articles, and when you're submitting a hundred shots for every one that's produced, you want them to be right...

Thank you Steve, that's really helpful, especially the Photozone review. So... yup, expensive mistake then! :bang::bang::bang: Although it looks like the Canon equivalent is only marginally better. Despite doing as much research as possible before buying this issue never came up. Ugh. Am...

Hood was on 'backwards' as not in use. An £84 UV filter on the front. Thanks for the ideas... will take a couple more snaps later 'naked' when the weather improves. That's the lens that will be naked, not me. The latter would not be pretty.

Being SO PLEASED with the Canon 85mm f/1.8 prime lens I bought for my 5D, I decided to upgrade my kit lens. I wanted the Canon 24-70 f/2.8 mark 1, but it's out of stock everywhere. As I'm now off up to the Scottish Islands, I impatiently went for the Sigma instead. I've just downloaded the...

Holy Thread Revival indeed! :D For the record I ended up with the Sennheiser MKE400, and I'm very pleased with it. :thumbs:

You have just made my day as I ordered that very lens yesterday. Love the shot and agree with all the above. So come on tell us, how did you get that cinematic effect? :thumbs:

I think that's a lovely capture, nice one!

Btw there's also the obvious... If you wanted the tower and reflection, how about trying portrait orientation next time, not landscape?

Hi Paul, like many I am always reticent to comment as I feel that I'm no expert, but IMHO: I do no like the composition in 1. The main reason being that the horizon almost cuts the image in half, although i appreciate that you want to keep the whole tower's reflection. I think you nailed it...

Wow! Works for me, I'd be putting that one on a wall!

Agree with both! Love the foreground interest.

Absolutely no expert here, but I find number 2 to be the most striking! I really like the unusual pose and how the shot is composed. :thumbs:

Cheers! Will check it out. :thumbs:

I would be WELL chuffed to get a shot as brilliant as that with such little time to think about it. Like it a lot, nice one! :thumbs:

Like it too! Defines what a candid should be to me... a semi-planned natural shot rather than a random snap leaving heaps to chance. The second person on the right gives it added interest to me... I like it a lot, and you've inspired me to try and rig something like this myself now. Thanks! :thumbs: